A friend and I were talking the other day and the subject of music came up when I expressed that a Teen Panel had voted healthy and unhealthy songs for teens. I thought it was interesting that teens were doing this, she was concerned about censorship.
This got us talking about different things dealing with both of these and I thought I’d come to you and hear your opinions.
-  How do you feel towards censorship? (especially with music and shows) As far as I’m concerned as a parent we must watch what we teach our children, this includes the things that …read more

Censoring Books 
Do you check out the books your youngsters are reading, especially those that are labeled as young adult (YA)?  Perhaps it’s a book they got from the local library, the young people’s section of the bookstore, from their school library or even read in the classroom.  So it must be okay.
However, books nowadays deal with topics that were considered taboo years ago.  Authors write about real life situations that young people face, often in very graphic terms.  These aren’t simply religious ideas that parents feel go against their faith.  They deal with sex, rape, homosexuality, drug addiction, alcoholism, abortion and other controversial topics.
 So, …read more